Hrvoje Bartolović, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hrvoje Bartolović

Croatian chess problemist

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1932

Place of Birth: Zagreb, Zagreb County, Croatia

Date of Death: 03-Dec-2005

Profession: chess composer, chess player

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Hrvoje (Vojko) Bartolovic (15 June 1932 in Zagreb – 3 November 2005), was a Croatian chess problemist. Croatian Grandmaster of chess composition Hrvoje Bartolovic was considered to be the best Croatian chess problemist, with the possible exception of Nenad Petrovic.
Since 1948, he has published more than 800 problems (81 included in FIDE Album).
Over 180 of them were awarded with prize (80 with the 1st prize), some 120 with honourable mentions and 120 with commendations.
He became international judge of FIDE for chess composition in 1956 and the Grandmaster of chess composition in 1980.
In 1965, he was the world champion in composing twomovers. Solution of twomoverSet-play: 1.
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Bf5 2.
Qf4#, 1.
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Rf5 2.
Qg4# Try: 1.
Qd5? ~ 2.Bxf6#, 1.
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Bf5 2.
Qxd2#, 1.
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Rf5 2.Qg2#, but 1.
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Bxb4! Solution: 1.
Qc5! ~ 2.
Bxf6#, 1.
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Bf5 2.
Qe3#, 1.
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Rf5 2.
Qg1# Themes: Zagoruiko (changed mates 3x2) on Grimshaw interference